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2021
Abstract Why are so many large-scale processes irreversible, happening in one direction but not the other as time passes? This chapter answers that question using three simple model systems: a collection of two-state particles such as flipped coins or elementary magnetic dipoles; the Einstein model of a solid as a collection of identical
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Abstract Why are so many large-scale processes irreversible, happening in one direction but not the other as time passes? This chapter answers that question using three simple model systems: a collection of two-state particles such as flipped coins or elementary magnetic dipoles; the Einstein model of a solid as a collection of identical
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1990
It is common experience that watches run down, bouncing balls stop bouncing, and even the most perfectly designed and crafted engine will eventually cease operating. This universal tendency toward stasis is the essence of the second law of thermodynamics.
Peter R. Bergethon, Elizabeth R. Simons
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It is common experience that watches run down, bouncing balls stop bouncing, and even the most perfectly designed and crafted engine will eventually cease operating. This universal tendency toward stasis is the essence of the second law of thermodynamics.
Peter R. Bergethon, Elizabeth R. Simons
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2013
Contents The recognition of spontaneous change 595 Brief illustration 59.1: Spontaneous changes 595 Brief illustration 59.2: The Kelvin statement 596 The direction of spontaneous change 596 Brief ...
Peter Atkins +2 more
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Contents The recognition of spontaneous change 595 Brief illustration 59.1: Spontaneous changes 595 Brief illustration 59.2: The Kelvin statement 596 The direction of spontaneous change 596 Brief ...
Peter Atkins +2 more
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2019
A calorimeter contains \(\, 0.8~\mathrm{kg}\) of water and \(\, 0.2~\mathrm{kg}\) of ice in equilibrium at \(\, 0\,^{\circ }\mathrm{C}\). A one-kilogram piece of iron, initially at \(\, 100\,^{\circ }\mathrm{C}\), is dropped into the water.
Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl
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A calorimeter contains \(\, 0.8~\mathrm{kg}\) of water and \(\, 0.2~\mathrm{kg}\) of ice in equilibrium at \(\, 0\,^{\circ }\mathrm{C}\). A one-kilogram piece of iron, initially at \(\, 100\,^{\circ }\mathrm{C}\), is dropped into the water.
Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl
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International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 2015
Classical thermodynamics, as usually presented to engineering students, offers a midcourse impediment known as the Second Law. The Second Law suffers from a lack of intuitive clarity. The objective of the present work is to provide clarity, for simple systems to aid students and teachers.
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Classical thermodynamics, as usually presented to engineering students, offers a midcourse impediment known as the Second Law. The Second Law suffers from a lack of intuitive clarity. The objective of the present work is to provide clarity, for simple systems to aid students and teachers.
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Ewald's Second Law Re-Evaluated
Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 1977Patients and experimental animals (cats) with one functioning horizontal semicircular canal were tested with precise rotatory stimuli. Nystagmus responses were quantified with EOG and a laboratory digital computer. After large-magnitude stimuli there was a statistically significant difference between the maximum slow component velocity of nystagmus ...
R W, Baloh, V, Honrubia, H R, Konrad
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1998
Abstract The last thing Newton would have wished to be known as was a revolutionary. He was not to know, nor could he have guessed, that his second law of motion would help to change the intellectual atmosphere of Europe.
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Abstract The last thing Newton would have wished to be known as was a revolutionary. He was not to know, nor could he have guessed, that his second law of motion would help to change the intellectual atmosphere of Europe.
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Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2015
The thesis of this article is that thermodynamics is a rigorous science, and that the first law and the second law can be stated in an unambiguous and general way so that their implications are concrete and valid for both equilibrium and nonequilibrium states. In this light, we summarize the principles of thermodynamics, and introduce a graphical tool,
Gyftopoulos, Elias, BERETTA, Gian Paolo
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The thesis of this article is that thermodynamics is a rigorous science, and that the first law and the second law can be stated in an unambiguous and general way so that their implications are concrete and valid for both equilibrium and nonequilibrium states. In this light, we summarize the principles of thermodynamics, and introduce a graphical tool,
Gyftopoulos, Elias, BERETTA, Gian Paolo
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2011
Much of the formulation of the first law of thermodynamics has been based on empirical observations of conversion of work into heat energy. But the reader needs to be cautioned that the insignia of the first law as displayed in (3.7) is not an ordinary mathematical equation because it does not guarantee that the reverse – i.e., the conversion of heat ...
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Much of the formulation of the first law of thermodynamics has been based on empirical observations of conversion of work into heat energy. But the reader needs to be cautioned that the insignia of the first law as displayed in (3.7) is not an ordinary mathematical equation because it does not guarantee that the reverse – i.e., the conversion of heat ...
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1994
Abstract We showed that the integral is independent of the path of integration provided the process is quasistatic and we found that the entropy has some interesting properties: It is useful for representing adiabatic quasistatic processes, S being constant.
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Abstract We showed that the integral is independent of the path of integration provided the process is quasistatic and we found that the entropy has some interesting properties: It is useful for representing adiabatic quasistatic processes, S being constant.
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